Crime

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. -- DeKalb County Police have made an arrest in a fatal shooting at the Wesley Club Apartments.

The victim was shot dead shortly before 10 p.m. Tuesday at the apartment complex on Wesley Club Drive, just off Wesley Chapel Road and south of Interstate 20.

DeKalb County Police Sgt. Steven Dean said neighbors called 911 after hearing five or six gunshots. The victim, a man in his late teens, was unresponsive when police arrived. He was later pronounced dead.

Dean said the teen was shot by a suspect in a black Chevrolet Avalanche full of people. The SUV drove away, but was later spotted by police, and a chase began.

DeKalb County Police Lt. John Medina said the chase ended at Browns Mill and Macedonia roads in southeast Atlanta, when the SUV crashed in a wooded area. One suspect was taken into custody; that person's name was not released.

The victim knew Johnson from when they were classmates at Elizabeth Andrews High School in Stone Mountain, according to information presented in court.

"This was a senseless and cowardly act that claimed the life of this young man," DeKalb County District Attorney Robert James said in a statement. "My office will continue to dedicate our resources to combating gangs in DeKalb County."

DECATUR, Ga. -- Two people were arrested after a carjacking in downtown Decatur Wednesday morning.

Two victims were inside the car when it was taken at around 1:30 a.m. on Sycamore Street. Decatur Police Sgt. Jennifer Ross said four suspects approached the vehicle. One of them put a gun to the driver's temple and demanded money and the car, while another suspect punched the passenger in the face and took her phone.

Ross said the four suspects jumped in the car and drove away down Church Street. The car was later found abandoned in a yard at South Candler Street and Driftwood Terrace.

Witnesses told police that all four suspects ran from the car after crashing it in the yard. Ross said two of them were later arrested. Both were juveniles.

His lawyers filed a change of venue request last month, and prosecutors agreed to it. However, Simms says he has not made a decision on moving the trial to a courthouse outside of Bibb. Another option would be to bring in jurors from another county in Georgia.

Benson and Williams were a couple and spent much of their time at her Decatur home. On Oct. 28, 2007, they got into a fight over money Benson owed Williams. Later that evening, someone attempted to transfer $7,500 from Williams' bank account into Benson's overdrawn account.